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@sind l l `J. HUBERT PAGE. or WHITEWATER, Wisconsin.`

Letters Patent No. 85,954, dated Janna/ry 19, 1869.

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The' Schedule referred t"inth`ese Lettera Patent and making pait of the same To all u :hom t 'may concern:

- Beit known thatlJ. HUBERT PAGE, of Whitewater, in the county of Walworth, and State of Wisconsin, have invented an Improved Mode 'of Removing and Protecting Stores in Oasezof Fire; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part' of this specification, in which- Figure 1, sheet 1, is an elevation of the front part of a store, which is provided with portable stalls,

Figure 2, sheet 1, is a section taken longitudinally through such a store, lin the vertical plane indicated by red lines a: x in gs. 1 and 3. A

Figure 3, sheet 1, is a vertical cross-section taken in the plane indicated by red line y y in fig. 2.

Figure 4, sheet 1, is a longitudinal section taken in the verticatplane indicated by red line y, y in iig. 3, showing two stalls in the act of being removed from the building.

. Figure 5, sheet 2, is a perspective view, showing the back part of the stalls provided with hinged shutters, for closing thefront and sides of the stall when removed from a building. i l

'Figure 6, sheet2, is a perspective view of the front part of a stall closed by the shutters.

upon wheels or trucks, and supported upon tracks, as will be hereinafter explained, so that, in the event of a fire, and the goods in a store are found to be in danger, the front Windows, together with the shelves and counters, and their contents, can-all be run out of the store into the street, as will be hereinafter described.

The invention further consists in the arrangement, on one or both sides the central flooring of a store, ot

rail-tracks, which are adapted to serve as supports and guides for trucks, upon which platforms are constructed, which serve as the foundation and flooring for the counters, the shelves, the counting-room, and the front windows of a store-house, as will be hereinafter explained.

The` invention consists, further, inproviding shelves, which are mounted upon trucks, and adapted for being removed from a store when desired, with hinged or folding shutters, so applied that, when the shelves are drawn out of the store, they can' be enclosed by the shutters, and the goods upon them thereby protected from injury or theft, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and opera tion.

Before describing my invention, I will state that I am aware that the general idea of applying to stores,

and hinged shutters a a, arranged beneath the windows, and hinged, so as' to close the spaces beneath them, and also to serve, when opened, as shownin figs. 1 and 4,- as inclined planes.

In the centre of the store is a narrow floor, E; con'- structed upon a foundation', F, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, and'on each side of this iloor E, level with it, are platforms or floors, G G, which are connected together by chain b, shown in iig. 4, and mounted' upon flanged wheels 'c c, forming trucks, upon which said floors can be moved from place to place.

The two floors G G extend from the ont window l) to the rear wall of the store, and are iitted into the space between the central floor E and side wall of the store, so'as to serve as-portionsof the flooring of the store for clerks and salesmen, who stand behind the counters.

v Beneath the ooring G, on each side of the foundation to the flooring E, sleepers H H are arranged, and suitably secured, and, upon these sleepers, rails 'd d are spiked, which are adapted for receiving the annular grooves in the peripherics of truck-wheels c c.

Upon the front end of the front floor or platform G, on each side of the entrance-door O, the front lwindow D is constructed, so as to lit snugly into the opening made through the front wall to receive it.

Behind this window is the bench or wide sill c, for supporting the goods which it is desired to expose at the front of the store.

The shelvesJ and the counters K, togetherwith the oice or counting-room L, are built upon the portable floors, so that they can all be removed together from the store when necessary.

If the store is a very long one, there may b several alent, is applied, for the purpose of allowing a rope or chain to be readily attached, for drawing out the con- Y -vtents of the store,a nd in front of this staple is the hinged shutter a, which serves to close the opening beneath `the window D, and which also serves as an inclined plane when turned down, over which the truck- Wheels c c will roll freely in drawin'g out the goods, as shown in fig. 4. I

When 'the shelves and counters have been removed from a building, as I have above described, it is desirable to provide means for safely enclosing the goods, to prevent them from being injured or stolen, for which purpose I employ folding shutters, as shown in figs. 5 and 6,- sheet 2.

These shutters N N are hinged to the back corners of the several stalls, and provided with folding sections,

N., so hinged to the main shutters that the Whole can be folded againstthc back part of the stall, as s liown in iig. 5, and secured in' place, out of sight, and out of the Way, when the stall is in a store.

When a stall is removed from a store, the shutters can be brought around, as shown in iig. 6, and thus made to enclose and protect the goods upon the shelves and counter of a stall.

When stalls are thus provided with shutters, it is de irable to construct them with roofs or top coverings, P, or to provide hinged coverings for them.

Having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A portable door, having show-Windows, and which is adapted for supporting the shelvesand counters of a store, in such manner that said windows, shelves, and `counters can all be removed from a building, substantiall y -as described.

v2. The hinged closing-shutters a, arranged beneath windows, which are 4constructed upon portable oors, substantially as described.

3. The construction and arrangement of rail-tracks, on each side of and below the le'vel of the central floor E, adapted for supporting trucks, upon which are the shelves and counters, the vshow-Window, and the count--v ing-room of a store, substantially as described.

4.l The construction of folding shutters upon portar ble stalls for storesLsubstantially as described.

J. HUBERT PAGE. Witnesses: y

EL O. MONTAGUE, T. D. WEEKS.- 

